Category: Growing Older

Have you ever noticed how Distances all seem to change? Places you could scratch before Seem to be just out of range. Little things that you have dropped, That are lying on the floor, You could easily have picked up Just a few short years before. When you try to read a book, You must […]

Some people, with age, gain wisdom That they dispense with subtle tips. But the only thing that I’ve gained Is about ten pounds across my hips!

My grandfather likes to tell people That he is somewhat over sixty. So I asked him why, because I know That my grandfather’s only fifty. He said he likes to hear people say, “You look so young for someone sixty!” He would only be run-of-the-mill If he told people he was fifty.

While sitting in his waiting room, I first noticed the dentist’s name. I had gone to school with a boy Whose name had been the very same. I could picture him quite clearly; He was a tall and handsome youth. Now was he to be the dentist Who was going to pull my tooth? But, […]

The salesman saw the two walk in Carrying a brown paper sack. The woman wore a brand new hat, The price tag hanging from the back. “We came to buy a car,” they said, And they began to look around. The salesman thought of wasted time And couldn’t quite suppress a frown. The man walked […]